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3. RRR for NNN—a rapid research response for the Neglected Tropical Disease NGDO Network: a novel framework to challenges faced by the global programs targeting neglected tropical diseases

Author

Toledo, Chelsea E., Jacobson, Julie, Wainwright, Emily C., Ottesen, Eric A., and Lammie, Patrick J.

Subjects
Trachoma, Biomedical Research, Government financing, Helminthiasis, Neglected Diseases, Operations research, Onchocerciasis, Disease elimination, United States, Elephantiasis, Filarial, Non-governmental organizations, Tropical medicine, Commentaries, Humans, Schistosomiasis
Abstract

While global programs targeting the control or elimination of five of the neglected tropical diseases (NTDs)—lymphatic filariasis, onchocerciasis, soil-transmitted helminthiasis, schistosomiasis and trachoma—are well underway, they still face many operational challenges. Because of the urgency of 2020 program targets, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the U.S. Agency for International Development devised a novel rapid research response (RRR) framework to engage national programs, researchers, implementers and WHO in a Coalition for Operational Research on NTDs. After 2 years, this effort has succeeded as an important basis for the research response to programmatic challenges facing NTD programs.

Published
2016

4. The Elimination of Neglected Tropical Diseases: A Case Study Exemplifying How Foreign Assistance Funding Can Be Catalytic in Reducing the Burden of Major Global Health Conditions.

Author

Wainwright, Emily, Evans, Darin, Rotondo, Lisa, Pou, Bolivar, Yevstigneyeva, Violetta, Zoerhoff, Kathryn L, Ottesen, Eric A, and Reithinger, Richard

Subjects
*SCHISTOSOMIASIS prevention, *TRACHOMA prevention, *ONCHOCERCIASIS prevention, *GOVERNMENT agencies, *DRUG administration, *ELEPHANTIASIS, *ENDOWMENTS, *HELMINTHIASIS, *INTERNATIONAL relations, *PUBLIC health, *TROPICAL medicine, *WORLD health, *DISEASE eradication
Abstract

In 2006, following direct advocacy and published rationale, the US Agency for International Development (USAID) established a neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) program to support the scale-up of integrated platforms to target the elimination and control of 5 NTDs—lymphatic filariasis, trachoma, onchocerciasis, schistosomiasis, and soil-transmitted helminthiasis. By 2017, more than 2.3 billion NTD treatments had been delivered to at-risk populations in 25 countries, leveraging $19 billion in donated drugs—approximately $26 dollars in donated medicine per $1 spent by USAID. As a result, most of the supported countries are on track to achieve their elimination goals (for lymphatic filariasis and trachoma) by 2020 or 2021 and their control goals soon thereafter. Though "small" when compared to other global health initiatives, this investment proved to be catalytic, and indeed highlights how foreign assistance funding can be transformative, in reducing the burden of major global health conditions such as NTDs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2020
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